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TIL in 2005 cannabis was found to convert cancerous cells in the lungs to a pre cancer state.

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6EDPJ TIL Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 partly because of the trade embargoes on both oil and scrap metal. This ultimately interfered with Japan's expansion into China.
1lmW TIL that since some early spellcheckers didn’t have the word “cooperation” without the hyphen, there are various documents online from NATO, the EU, the UN, and other international orgs that use the word Cupertino instead. “The Cupertino with our Italian comrades proved to be very fruitful”
m7ey TIL Red Cross raised half a billion dollars in donations for the Haiti earthquake recovery, but only built 6 houses
mxM5R TIL the origin of the Stonehenge stones was only discovered after a lost core was returned after 62 years.
0d6AN TIL about Team 0%, “a group dedicated to making sure that every single level in both Super Mario 1 & 2 have at least one clear on it.” As of right now they are 99.9% done with SM1, with only one more level to clear to “beat” the whole game